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package com.sun.jdi.event;
import com.sun.jdi.*;
/**
* Notification of a class prepare in the target VM. See the JVM
* specification for a definition of class preparation. Class prepare
* events are not generated for primtiive classes (for example,
* java.lang.Integer.TYPE).
*
* @see EventQueue
* @see VirtualMachine
*
* @author Robert Field
* @since 1.3
*/
public interface ClassPrepareEvent extends Event {
/**
* Returns the thread in which this event has occurred.
* <p>
* In rare cases, this event may occur in a debugger system
* thread within the target VM. Debugger threads take precautions
* to prevent these events, but they cannot be avoided under some
* conditions, especially for some subclasses of
* {@link java.lang.Error}.
* If the event was generated by a debugger system thread, the
* value returned by this method is null, and if the requested
* suspend policy for the event was
* {@link com.sun.jdi.request.EventRequest#SUSPEND_EVENT_THREAD},
* all threads will be suspended instead, and the
* {@link EventSet#suspendPolicy} will reflect this change.
* <p>
* Note that the discussion above does not apply to system threads
* created by the target VM during its normal (non-debug) operation.
*
* @return a {@link ThreadReference} which mirrors the event's thread in
* the target VM, or null in the rare cases described above.
*/
public ThreadReference thread();
/**
* Returns the reference type for which this event was generated.
*
* @return a {@link ReferenceType} which mirrors the class, interface, or
* array which has been linked.
*/
public ReferenceType referenceType();
}